Materials Data on HgGe3 by Materials Project
HgGe3 crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Hg is bonded to twelve equivalent Ge atoms to form a mixture of face and corner-sharing HgGe12 cuboctahedra. There are six shorter (3.13 Å) and six longer (3.14 Å) Hg–Ge bond lengths. Ge is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Hg and six equivalent Ge atoms. There are two shorter (3.02 Å) and four longer (3.07 Å) Ge–Ge bond lengths.